The XXXTentacion homicide trial is scheduled to start subsequent 12 months and protection attorneys for one of many 4 males charged with the 2018 homicide have introduced a listing of potential witnesses that embody Drake, 6ix9ine, Joe Budden and extra.
According to a Miami Herald report, printed final Thursday (Dec. 15), the protection for the suspected gunman, Dedrick Devonshay Williams, have listed Drizzy, Tekashi, Budden, Quavo, Offset, the late Migos rapper Takeoff and extra as potential witnesses in the homicide trial.
According to the publication, the explanation why Drake appeared on the witness checklist was due to his social media feud with the late rapper earlier than his dying. In 2017, X had beef with Drake over what he believed was the Canadian rapper biting his stream from his breakout monitor “Look at Me!” on the music “KMT.” A 12 months later, a cryptic submit surfaced months earlier than X’s dying that learn: “If anyone tries to kill me it was @champagnepapi,” which is Drake’s Instagram deal with. But XXXTentacion later claimed his Instagram account had been hacked.
On Thursday, prosecutor Pascale Achille filed a movement questioning the protection’s witness checklist and arguing that the protection did not present addresses the place the notable celebrities could possibly be served subpoenas or any contact data. “It is apparent from the deliberate, late disclosure of the defendant’s witnesses and comments made between the parties that [the] defendant intended to ‘surprise’ the state and create a trial by ambush,” he wrote, as reported by the Herald.
Miami protection lawyer Mauricio Padilla, who’s representing Dedrick Williams, the alleged getaway driver in X’s killing, denied Achille’s claims, blaming delayed depositions, together with one in every of Cleopatra Bernard, XXXTentacion’s mom.
“They are high-profile people. And it’s not easy for me to subpoena,” Padilla advised Broward Circuit Judge Michael Usan. “I don’t have numbers, but it doesn’t mean I won’t be able to. Trying to subpoena Drake is not easy — you need a drone.”
XXL has reached out to Mauricio Padilla for remark.
Other rappers featured on the checklist included Tankhead666 and Ski Mask The Slump God, who’s a pricey buddy of the late rhymer.
Although a number of huge-title rappers are featured on the checklist, it is not a assure that they are going to come to court docket and testify. According to the Herald, prosecutors or attorneys for the rappers might ask a decide to maintain them out of the case, arguing there is no such thing as a proof linking them to the homicide.
Williams, 27, is among the many 4 males charged in the June 2018 homicide and theft of XXXTentacion. Williams, together with defendants Michael Boatwright (27), Trayvon Newsome (24) and Robert Allen (26) have been all cost with first-diploma homicide with a firearm and armed theft with a firearm. Williams was additionally charged with a probation violation for theft of a automobile motorcar and driving and not using a legitimate license, in reference to the killing.
The XXXTentacon homicide trial is scheduled to start out on Jan. 9, 2023, in Broward County, Fla.
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